NEC #213 Economics and the Race for Global Advantage

Robert Atkinson is the founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), a Washington, DC-based technology policy think tank. He is also author of Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage
http://www.national-economists.org/podcasts/nec213.mp3

NEC #193 - The Global Manufacturing Outlook

Dan Meckstroth, Chief Economist and Director of Research, The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI). Manufacturing production in the United States is expected to growth modestly faster than the overall economy in 2012.  Dan Meckstroth will identify the industries within the manufacturing sector that will drive the growth and explain why some industries that are lagging.  He will then discuss the manufacturing outlook in the major regions of the world.  A recession in Europe and the extent of a slowdown in Latin America and Asia are included in the global manufacturing outlook presentation. Recorded January 12, 2012.
http://www.national-economists.org/podcasts/nec193.mp3